Activities of Guido REIL related to 2022/0212(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023
Amendments (5)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the obligation by Member States with rate of young people who are not in employment, education or training that is higher than the Union average to allocate at least 12,5 % of their ESF+ resources to implement the Youth Guarantee; calls on Member States to make the best use of the Employment and Social Innovation strand (EaSI) of ESF+ for investment in social innovation and for stimulating labour mobility; Is concerned at the very high youth unemployment rates that have for many years been afflicting certain EU Member States; recalls that in 2019, on the eve of the COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment figures in the EU were three times higher among young people than among those aged over 55; recalls that, according to the European Court of Auditors, the Youth Employment Initiative has made only a very limited contribution to achieving the objectives of the Youth Guarantee; stresses that high youth unemployment figures in certain Member Staktes note of the late start of EaSI in 2021 and the reduced budget for 2023 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and other issues, and expects that it will reach its full working regime in 2024; stresses the importance of following up the European Year of Youth 2022 with concrete acare attributable to structural factors, such as a long and incomplete transition from education to the labour market, sectoral labour market segregations and policies for social inclusion and employment measures for young people; recalls that that the Commission should report on a regular basis on the implementation of the Council recommendations establishing a European Child Guarantee and reinforcing a Youth Guaranteea very high level of informal employment; stresses the importance of finding structural solutions, rather than providing EU funding for projects and temporary employment;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls that that the agencies play an important role in providing Union institutions and countrEU has, since 2000, been having growing recourse to agencies, with specialised knowledge notably on employment and social issues and that they must be given the necessary resources to fulfil their tasks which are evolving; notes that the estimates for agencies 2023 are in line with the budget programming and that an additional EUR 649 592,00 are plannhich have greatly increased in number; notes that, over the period 2000- 2013, a fourfold increase in agency staff was accompanied by an eightfold increase in funding from the EU budget; points out that this is certainly the case regarding the social and employment sectors; notes that a number of agencies and bodies in the social and employment sectors operate in parallel, with overlapping powers and responsibilities; considers that there is a need for Eurofound to help it cope with the sharp increase in the coefficient corrector in Irelanda fundamental discussion of the added value of the agencies in the social and employment sectors;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls the importance of budgetary accountability and prioritisation; stresses the importance of increased flexibility and sufficient resources to respond to major crises and their social and labour market implications, while recalling that inflation puts a great pressure on the ceilings in the MFF leaving no margins available to tackle the biggest challenges in the annual budgetary procedure; calls on the Commission to conduct an in- depth analysis of the different implications of the current challenges on the whole MFF 2021-2027, with a view to carrying out an urgent revision of the current MFF.